United States Second Circuit

In ADA suit brought by blind plaintiff against several fast food restaurants for failing to effectively communicate to her their menu selections, dismissal for lack of standing is vacated where plaintiff's complaint sufficiently alleges that defendants' restaurants did not ensure effective communication of their menu items.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2008
• Published 02/08/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  STRAUB, WESLEY, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael G. O'Neill, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey J. Mayer (Helen N. Baker, on the brief), Freeborn & Peters LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Carrols Corporation., Joseph Guarino, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Newark, NJ (Alesia J. Kantor, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee El Rancho Foods, Inc., Greg A. Riolo (Michelle McKee Cubbon, on the brief), Jackson Lewis, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Magliocca Stores, Inc. and Reeher Majik, Inc., Michael R. Wright, Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, Vestal, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Wendonie, LLC.